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The Blanket She Carried

I purchased and read this book shortly after it was published. It tells a story with an important message: that the labels we put on people stick like super glue. In the case of the young woman telling this story, it was the label "retarded," which enabled her mother to allege to a judge -- on the basis of no other evidence whatever -- that her daughter should be surgically sterilized. Thus began the tragic chain of events that led to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Stump v. Sparkman (1978), a 5-3 ruling that held that the judge who ordered the sterilization without a hearing could not be sued even though a lower court found that he had failed to observe "elementary principles of due process." This book might have sold better if its authors had explicitly stated that these are the recollections of Linda Sparkman's unhappy childhood and named the names that already appear in the public record of a landmark case that continues to stir controversy. But the book is not about law or the famous (some would say "notorious") case. It is about a young girl living in an ordinary neighborhood in an ordinary Indiana town who was called a name so often that not even a judge bothered to ask if it was true.14033811941012005-07-08

I can't believe how bad this book is...

I have read "the blanket she carried" and I can't believe that anyone would take the time to actually finish this jumbled up piece of crap.In my opinion the whole book was just thowed together with no real point to it.It is amazing that it was ever published! <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />14033811945122003-06-29

Anyone who feels alone in this life and feels there is a...

I just finished THE BLANKET SHE CARRIED today after buying it today. I couldn't put it down. It is a story of courage beyond belief of a woman who has felt alone and abandoned for most of her life it starts in her childhood. It is a must read for all survivors of abuse of anykind or for people that feel alone in a hopeless situation. She has made it through some horendous trials and has triumphed as a winner by never losing her faith in God or herself and as a result is a stronger and more compasionate person.3048891Memoirs2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2445Women2437Specific Groups2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books2375General2Biographies & Memoirs1000Subjects283155Books11334General11325Women's Studies53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0800752376http://www.amazon.com/Master-Discipleship-Personal-Evangelism-Library/dp/0800752376%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08007523761438237Robert ColemanPaperback226.6069780800752378500800752376Fleming H Revell CoEnglishEnglishEnglish800899USD$8.99Fleming H Revell Co1156Book1987-01Fleming H Revell CoFleming H Revell Co40550298USD$2.981USD$0.011999USD$19.9912710003.0310800752376210142003-06-26

Good, but faulty in some places

This book offered a helpful explanation of what true discipleship is, gleaning heavily from the Biblical account of the apostles from the book of Acts. Practical tips are interweaved with Scriptural theory for a useful book.<p>Mr. Coleman's style throughout, however, is frequently rather tedious and difficult to read. It lacks enthusiasm for the task of discipleship, and its dry, intellectual style does not immediately motivate you to go out and disciple the nations. This is not necessarily a bad thing - it's just not what I expected from a book marketing itself toward ordinary lay people. I find it curious that it's become a bestseller.<p>I also had some fairly significant theological problems with certain portions of the book, but I know it's not supposed to be some major treatise. Just be careful when reading.<p>Bottom Line: good material on discipleship, but nothing that will wow you with verbal fireworks or flawless theology. Read it if you must. And even then, only once.08007523764662003-03-19

Use the chapter subtitles

Get a copy of this book and write down all the chapter subtitles. If you live out the intentions they address you will master biblical discipleship and leadership. As it happens, Coleman outlines the differences between motivating teams, coaching, mentoring, and discipling - though he never seems to mention it. <br> <br>This book follows The Master Plan of Evangelism in attempting something profoundly readable and practical. That it is not quite as successful is unfortunate, because the "doing" and "being" of leadership longs for something just so profound.08007523763482000-04-27

God's plan to win the world

A tiny but powerful insight into God's plan to win the world in one generation. This is a very consisely written scriptural commentary on God's plan for evangelism. A call to complete committment for every "christian" to be a disciple. An equalizing of the work of evangelism to every christian, not just the clergy. Every Christian must be committed to the scriptural teaching of disciplship....each one teaching one.The pattern of disciple-making that is set forth in the Book of Acts is applied to the challenges of the contemporary church.0800731220031037281X157683897807814388370830823883572082New Testament12059Bibles12290Christianity22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books12335Discipleship12333Christian Living12290Christianity22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books12384Missions & Missionary Work12380Evangelism12290Christianity22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books12196Study12188New Testament172810Reference12290Christianity22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books15755411General12290Christianity22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books713626011General AAS12290Christianity22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books12504General22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books713609011General AAS22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0754064344http://www.amazon.com/Present-Takers-Aidan-Chambers/dp/0754064344%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0754064344Aidan ChambersAudio CassetteLisa Coleman9780754064343Audiobook1200754064344BBC AudiobooksEnglishEnglishEnglish7242495USD$24.95BBC Audiobooks3Book2003-12BBC AudiobooksAges 4-8BBC Audiobooks454482495USD$24.95411USD$4.11110011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewQEcgd4uURUlyD17pTRrKyIlRnbGpupnE36m%2FDa8dgIuGIXv89AIbcL795NiPs%2BCaaH3T9uLiwMZKWaUD2LhJJA%3D%3D2495USD$24.95Usually ships in 2 to 5 weeks3.03107540643442011997-12-04

I thought it was a good book and it was sometimes boring.

The Present Takers is about a girl called Lucy that are scared of the bullies at her school.Lucy is the lastest victim and Melanie wants to get all of the presents from who evers birthday it is. And it is Lucy's birthday this week.Melanie thinks she is the best bully in the school, and her companions are Vicky and Sally-Ann.Angus trys to help Lucy and he made a plan to get back at Melanie.07540643443111997-12-02

A book about school and being bullied

The Present Takers by Aidan Chambers, was about a girl called Lucy who is bullied by a gang who take girls presents when it is their birthday. Lucy and her friend Angus make a plan to stop the gang. I give this book 7 out of 1o.07540643444001997-11-28

A sad book about being bullied

The Present Takers is a very sad book but very interesting book to read.I thought the book was very well written but Aidan Chambers should of put more happy parts in it.Lucy is tormented by class bullies who demand that she bring them gifts.658010General44Books on Cassette368395011Audiobooks504358Formats251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books15356791School1084192Issues4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books768812Fiction3142Violence3123Social Issues3020People & Places4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books17510Violence17496Social Issues28Teens1000Subjects283155Books17519General17496Social Issues28Teens1000Subjects283155Books618077011Books on Cassette618075011Audiobooks618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1560231548http://www.amazon.com/Tongzhi-Politics-Same-Sex-Eroticism-Societies/dp/1560231548%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1560231548934167http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512HWQF5P1L._SL75_.jpg7554http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512HWQF5P1L._SL160_.jpg160115http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512HWQF5P1L.jpg475342Edmond J ColemanWah-shan ChouPaperback306.76609519781560231547921560231548RoutledgeEnglishEnglishEnglish8383995USD$39.95Routledge1343Book2000-08-11RoutledgeRoutledge1216003328USD$33.281684USD$16.84990011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewVIoNukct5FuW1gU0gtO1jb5vdUvihfoA95Y1XtLyQhCtUsOn%2F%2F9jGL3C%2BV6YRbaFOyrsKAcupfCo0phm2uMoog%3D%3D3595USD$35.95Usually ships in 24 hours3.03115602315481682002-06-30

bad command of Chinese and English

The readers who read Chinese will be shocked how the book fails to handle both Chinese and English. The book claims, for Chinese people, "homosexuality" is a trans. verb. I mean it, the book really makes such a claim. A trans. verb is like the verbs such as eat (I eat veggie), sing (I sing songs) etc. The book states that "homosexuality" is such a verb for Chinese people, and the homosexuals in China should be rendered "homosexualityer." It is so funny, but I do not think the author means to ooze any sense of humor. He simply has very bad command of Chinese and English. The author is so eager to say that the Chinese homosexuality is different from the white versions that he distorts the facts in the Chinese language and among CHinese people.15602315483672002-06-14

if you read chinese, do not read this book

If you read Chinese, do not read this book. The reasons are: (1) there are many better written books on the topic in Chinese, especially by writers from Hong Kong and Taiwan. This book is not based on good research. Many mistakes are obvious in the book. (2) People who read Chinese can easily recognize that the writer misreads many Chinese phrases. (3) If you want some book much more like an authority and more like an encyclopaedia, you might need to look for Samshasha (a pen name for an activist in Hong Kong)'s amazing book: A History of Chinese Homosexuality. (Chinese version only). Many entertaining anecdotes in Chou's book are also found in Samshasha's book. Samshasha's book is published much earlier than Chow's book. (4) Chou's observation of the activism in Taiwan is very simplified. Some friends of mine are activists in Taiwan, and they find Chou's observation very foreign to them. Chou also says that he is close to the activist circle in Taiwan--this statement makes my friends puzzled too. They do not know that Chou ever maintains any intimate interaction with the LGBT activists in Taiwan. Chou's statement is bizarre.---By the way, I used to study in Hong Kong University and I used to take Prof. Chou's class. He is a fun guy, but I don't understand why he left Hong Kong University.15602315485472001-06-20

Comrade: r u really as straight as you may think you are?

This book is essential reading for anybody who has an interest in the predicament of lesbians and gays in China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. It should interest any non-Chinese person in a same-sex relationship with a Chinese person. It also has much to say more generally on cross-cultural perspectives on sexuality, and the interaction of global, "Western" values and non-Western "traditional" cultures.<p> From 1949 in China, "Tongzhi", meaning, roughly "Comrade" was adopted as the egalitarian mode of address between adults in China. In the 1990s, just as it was falling into disuse on the mainland, Hong Kong gay and lesbian activists adopted it, presumably with some degree of irony, as their self-owned term for themselves. This adoption is reminiscent of the reforging of the meaning of the word "gay", but has rather more etymological justification, as the "Tong" already served as the equivalent of the "homo" in "homosexual". <p>In fact, Chou prefers not to use the words "gay" or "homosexual" in the Chinese context, as his subtitle "Politics of same-sex eroticism in Chinese societies" indicates. Chou identifies a long history of same-sex eroticism within Chinese society, although the historical record is largely confined to men and occurs within the highly hierarchical context of Chinese society. However, the notion of a homosexual (or, presumably, lesbian) sexual identity is a concept imported from the west. <p>The vectors of this importation were the rise of affective marriage (an incident of "individualism"), Judaeo-Christian attitudes to sex, and, in the twentieth century, medical pathologicization of "deviant" sexuality. Modern Chinese PEPS (Chou's term: an abbreviation for "People erotically attracted to people of the same sex") come up against all three of these. <p>Same sex erotic preference is no longer consistent with marriage, now (at least ideally) constituted on an affective basis. Resisting marriage, PEPS are exposed as a category of person, a category which missionary religion and medical discourse have until recently labelled as evil or sick respectively. Fear of such exposure, of the shame it will bring to their parents and the hurt which will be caused by their unfilial failure to marry and have children, forces most Chinese PEPS to live lives of circumspection and oppression. The best many can hope for is that their parents will accept their lover as a friend and quasi-sibling, so long as sex never raises its ugly head. Many others will marry and lead a double life. <p>From the western gay perspective, this just looks like one big closet. We've all been there, done that, been through that. The pressures of familial expectation may be greater, but that is just a difference of degree. Why can't Chinese PEPS just come out of the closet and stand up for their love rights? Sure, it might take time, but it's the only way. <p>Of course, no one ever really thinks it might be as simple as that, and Chou's book provides many arguments why. He does so by being culturally specific, but doing his valiant best not to be culturally essentialist. Chou is no fan of the "Confucian way", but he does argue clearly why, in the context of a Confucian heritage, rights rhetoric may be ineffective and even, in the (quite long) short term, make things much worse. In mainland China, in particular, Western religious homophobia has never taken root and most people are ignorant or indifferent to the hetero-homo divide. Western style minority politics risks forcing the bulk of the population into the "hetero" camp.<p> Chou's book is the summation of close to a decade's work, much of it previously published in Chinese in Hong Kong where he has been a Tongzhi activist. <p>The book commences with an historical introduction, sketching the historical absence of "hetero-homo duality" in Chinese culture, and the death of cultural tolerance for same sex eroticism in the twentieth century.<p> The second section deals with the recent past in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan respectively. Chou's account is informed by a wealth of interview material from Hong Kong and the PRC: he admits that he had initially asked another author to write the chapter on Taiwan but was obliged to complete that chapter himself. As a result, it lacks the wealth of first-hand information that the other sections have, and concentrates more on the public record. <p>The third section examines two specific aspects of PEPS life in Hong Kong: the "rice-queen/potato queen" scene between "Caucasians" and Chinese, and the "tomboy-tomboy-girl" scene (mannish girls and their girlfriends). In these and the other Hong Kong chapter, Chou has much to say about Hong Kong's colonial relationship first with Britain and now with Beijing. Chou's picture of the expatriate "rice queen" is far from flattering, although he ultimately appears to conclude that such terms are demeaning to both parties. <p>The fourth section of the book deals with strategies for change. Chou prefers a strategy of "queering the straight": asking society at large "are you really as straight as you may think you are?". "Now tongzhi invite everyone, irrespective of their sexual orientation, to join them in exploring their own sexual desire."<p>In the light of all the material collected in this book, particularly concerning mainland China, this seems hopelessly utopian to me, though I would not presume to propose any other course myself. It is certainly food for thought. <p>This is an excellent book. Few matters have escaped Chou's attention. Class and age issues are not dodged. Where sometimes I might have wished for a different emphasis, this is normally because I am looking for a comparison to the West which it is not Chou's task to undertake. For instance, more might have been said about the gender separatism of traditional society and China's different codes for same-sex physical intimacy which falls short of sex. Equally, although Chou admits that historical same sex eroticism was classist and sexist, he might have said a bit more about the continued capacity for male Chinese PEPS who are married to do as they please: a capacity which wives could rarely match. <p>The book is well produced, edited and indexed,with an extensive bibliography. It is a shame thepublishers could not run to Chinese characters or tone markings above the pinyin.This book describes in detail the evolution of homosexual life and culture in various Chinese societies including Hong Kong and Taiwan. Deriving from the communist term for 'comrade', Tonghzi is the most popular contemporary Chinese word for lesbians, bisexuals, and gay people. But terms such as gay, lesbian, and queer are Anglo-Saxon in origin, with specific histories that do not exactly capture the indigenous features of Chinese same-sex relations. Tonghzi implies and includes much more. 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ColemanDiane J. ColemanPaperback646.779780687007752500687007755Abingdon PrEnglishEnglishEnglish9001000USD$10.00Abingdon Pr1141Book1995-08Abingdon PrAbingdon Pr55600103USD$1.032495USD$24.9501210003.02106870077554221998-06-16

Dating ideas & thoughts on relationships abound!

I found this book to be refreshing and easy-to-read. To make a date successful, you have to get a little creative and spontaneous at times. An example given in the book: Have your own drive-in movie by putting a TV/VCR on your hood. Park in the driveway (or wherever),pop some popcorn and have a good time. Dave and Diane also interject some useful and hilarious information throughout. Check out the pick-up lines, especially! I'm going to keep this book on my living room table to pick up the next time I revert to my old, boring dating habits!06870077552221997-11-26

I struggle to find any good things to say...

{What follows is my explanation for such a "high" 3 point rating} Perhaps because I was looking for realistic dating ideas instead of fanciful, corny and old-fashioned suggestions do I feel so negatively about this book--the fact that these two authors got this published is worth one rating point. If you've been dating someone for a long time who you know is comfortable with being wacky and can put up with nonsense, maybe, just maybe, you might be able to cull one or two useable ideas from this travesty of "information" (okay, maybe this is worth one rating point). The brainstorming list at the end of the 101 "great" ideas is actually better than the 101 features that precede it and might be of some use, even though its actually restated generalizations of the specific, ridiculous 101 (it's a stretch, but there's the explanation for the third and final rating point that I gave it). [Want an example? Here are some headings from the 101: "Who, Me...Juggle?", "College Campus Visit" and "Parental/Grandparental Double Date" (it even says if you're lucky they might pick up the tab - how nice).]0761521739282916Dating4729Relationships10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books4733Love & Romance4729Relationships10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books11291Marriage & Family11288Sociology11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books12504General22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books713609011General AAS22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0014JUV82http://www.amazon.com/30-Secrets-Happily-Married-Couples/dp/B0014JUV82%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0014JUV821155042http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Y2735GT6L._SL75_.jpg7555http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Y2735GT6L._SL160_.jpg160116http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31Y2735GT6L.jpg500364Paul W. ColemanPaperback646.78Bargain Price70Adams Media CorporationEnglish710995USD$9.95Adams Media Corporation1238Book2006-02Adams Media CorporationAdams Media Corporation55520751USD$7.51730USD$7.304700003.021B0014JUV821012008-04-05

boring

I thought this book lacked insight into the differences between men and women, which is a very important concept to understand before change in a relationship can occur and be effective. Run-of-the-mill suggestions and answers were not inspiring.B0014JUV8257102000-09-05

Interesting and helpful

This book give you real tools to work out marital problems. It isn't sugar coated at all. It made me think and taught me a lot about my relationship. I recommend it.<p>Writer at BellaOnlineDr. Paul Coleman has studied hundreds of couples and discovered that the strongest and happiest marriages share 30 distinct traits. This book outlines these secrets of happily married couples, and provides real-life examples of how to use the techniques. <P>Happy couples know the importance of:<br> Not always compromising<br> Balancing logic and emotion<br> Knowing how and when to forgive<br> Uncovering hidden agendas<br> Knowing when to keep quiet-and when not to <P>You don't have to be unhappy in your marriage to wish it could be happier. You can have a committed, caring relationship but still be weary of the complacency, frustrated by a partner's personality quirks, and secretly saying to yourself, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if he'd only..." <P>But it's better to change your relationship than to try to change your partner. And this book shows you thirty proven ways to do just that.078799414607621072511566252687159257387807879961221000Subjects1Arts & Photography2Biographies & Memoirs3Business & Investing4Children's Books4366Comics & Graphic Novels5Computers & Internet6Cooking, Food & Wine86Entertainment301889Gay & Lesbian10Health, Mind & Body9History48Home & Garden10777Law17Literature & Fiction13996Medicine18Mystery & Thrillers53Nonfiction290060Outdoors & Nature20Parenting & Families173507Professional & Technical21Reference22Religion & Spirituality23Romance75Science25Science Fiction & Fantasy26Sports28Teens27Travel283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1564782050http://www.amazon.com/Annihilation-Piotr-Szewc/dp/1564782050%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D15647820501735412http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518GBNSWA3L._SL75_.jpg7548http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518GBNSWA3L._SL160_.jpg160102http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518GBNSWA3L.jpg475302Piotr SzewcPaperbackEwa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough891.853739781564782052391564782050Dalkey Archive PressEnglishEnglishEnglish8431095USD$10.95Dalkey Archive Press1107Book1999-05Dalkey Archive PressDalkey Archive Press35528610USD$6.10163USD$1.6314160011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewlg3Xfhq9NU%2FTiRypsAeGwo049MtIruKQYLRWw%2FPBOdhaxPwucf84QGlXsWIcVbBaeMByuASPrWEI1ep9p3Ql%2Bw%3D%3D1095USD$10.95Usually ships in 24 hours3.02115647820502162001-06-17

Beautiful failure

The intent of this beautifully written, poetic book is to capture a day in the life of a village. While there is wonderful use of symbolism, the book ultimately fails on two counts. First, there is no reason for the selection of whose lives to follow through the day. Second, the narrator vasillated between omniscient (even knowing dreams and memories) to limited only is visible. When limited, the narrator engages in speculation and philosophic reflection.<p>This has an author worth watching, but as a novel it is an interesting, beautiful failure.15647820504551997-12-28

a beautifully realized short novel

This is a beautifully realized account of a day in the life of a small town in eastern Poland in the early 1930s. Szewc has an eye like that of Proust. Details are lovingly recorded, all in an effort to preserve the day-to-day--a day-to-day that will be destroyed, one might add, during the Holocaust. The book is also beautifully translated.Like Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, Annihilation is about a day in the life of a town--in this case, a Polish-Jewish town shortly before World War II. The reader participates in the life of the town instant by instant--from the moment when the local courtesan pours the contents of her chamber pot out her open window up to the moment when the city policemen return to night duty. For the narrator, every object, every person and event belongs to the world he strives to save from impending annihilation: the landscape of beer drops left on a counter, the dance of the Hasidim before the Town Hall, the taste of mint drops in an attorney's mouth. As the minutes on the Town Hall's clock measure the day's passing, and as this day's passing brings the town one day closer to its historical annihilation, a Book of the Day writes itself, preserving the town in memory against the ravages of time and history. A success in Poland and in translation in France, Germany, and Italy, Piotr Szewc's novel has been compared to the novels of Proust and to the paintings of Chagall.0802170013808626405X156689155815647837660151010641712990011General AAS468236Literature468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712982011General AAS465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books10177Historical10134Genre Fiction17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10408Eastern European10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10129Contemporary17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books10132Literary17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books713392011General AAS10125General17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books713365011General AAS17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books725798General11773Foreign Languages21Reference1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1C1ORVDFXOJMYPhotographic fiction0070549257http://www.amazon.com/Behavioral-Statistics-Core-Richard-Runyon/dp/0070549257%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D00705492574579778Richard RunyonAudrey HaberKay A ColemanHardcover9780070549258530070549257McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/LanguagesEnglishEnglishEnglish9197468USD$74.68McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages1384Book1993-10-01McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/LanguagesMcGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages1307400000003.02100705492575132000-10-08

An elegant portrayal of statistical concepts

How did I get through Yale without this easy to read guide? Instead of lists of tables that blur into numerical randomness, this book turns areas under the curve into crisp visual images!00705492571242000-05-06

Behavioral Statistics

If you have to buy this as part of a class, ask the professor to choose another book. This book is full of typographical errors (a problem when learning and using formulas), and also computational errors (in both this book and the accompanying study guide). The language is also either confusing or oversimplified, depending on which chapter you are reading.<p>It gives only the VERY, VERY basest of knowledge regarding statistics; it serves best as a rarely referred to supplement to other stats books.This text is a short, thirteen chapter, core edition of the bestselling FUNDAMENTALS OF BEHAVIORAL STATISTICS by Runyon and Haber. It is available shrinkwrapped with a "free" study guide which contains answers to all of the problems in the text. This strategy combats used book sales because students will have to purchase the prepack in order to obtain answers to in-text problems. The prepack will be sold at a low price to give an added incentive to adopters. Topics included in this brief version are Measurement, Probability, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and Regression. The text's excellent pedagogical features help simplify statistics for the introductory student. This text is suitable for Psychology undergrads and students in other behavioral sciences.0495098906013223885311172Experimental Psychology11119Psychology & Counseling10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books11225Statistics11119Psychology & Counseling10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books11175General11119Psychology & Counseling10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books713279011General AAS11119Psychology & Counseling10Health, Mind & Body1000Subjects283155Books11284Research11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books11313Statistics11232Social Sciences53Nonfiction1000Subjects283155Books227370Statistics227362Applied227361Mathematics173510Professional Science173507Professional & Technical1000Subjects283155Books13983Probability & Statistics226699Applied13884Mathematics75Science1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books092291513Xhttp://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Retribution-Infernal-Art-Coleman/dp/092291513X%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D092291513X4832427Joe ColemanHardcover978092291513250092291513XFeral HouseEnglishEnglishEnglish11503500USD$35.00Feral House135Book1993-03Feral HouseFeral House1809004861USD$48.6125000USD$250.000720003.021092291513X5662000-07-19

art for the unwashed

The art in this book rocks. It's a very inexpensive voyage through the twisted underbelly of american psychosis.The artist has incredible technique to add to the over the top subject matter.092291513X12241999-12-17

I've seen better "art" in truck stop bathrooms

I'm sorry but this book was awful. I tried to at least read it even though I was mostly interested in the art, but I couldn't even do that. It was a huge let down and not at all "an artist no horror fan can afford to miss" like the editorial put it. I'm just thankful for ebay so I didn't lose all my money on it:)On highly-detailed canvases that are packed to the margins with strange symbols, bleeding body parts, Bible verses, and nightmare genitalia, Joe Coleman paints the wondrous carnival of his psychotic universe. His work is even blessed by a blurb from Charles Manson: "His art is something else. Praise! Praise! Praise! He's a caveman in a space ship." This is an artist no horror fan can afford to miss: He does serial killers, sideshow freaks, deranged sex, evil doctors, and religious iconography like no one else on Earth. This is a superb introduction to Coleman's world and work, with a biographical article, photos, 32 color plates, and numerous illustrations. Warning: Disturbing! 0963812963086719578915609762843865602800B0001A79P812667General12621New Age22Religion & Spirituality1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0736858253http://www.amazon.com/Friesian-Horse-Edge-Books/dp/0736858253%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0736858253318173http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51b8mDFOeUL._SL75_.jpg7559http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51b8mDFOeUL._SL160_.jpg160125http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51b8mDFOeUL.jpg500392ColemanLoriLibrary Binding636.139780736858250390736858253Capstone PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9062393USD$23.93Capstone Press132Book2006-01-01Capstone PressAges 9-12Capstone Press537091436USD$14.361315USD$13.15920011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewOpQjSbm95Q9Bc%2FIu0DTRKJXBP01hl8JN%2FZgE%2BSDQ%2Bqo08Cb%2BFuzaMpkk26L42RirpW9ueQEraomU%2FT5UJwetaDSA2%2BAy1Hhq1914USD$19.14Usually ships in 6 to 11 days3.02107368582531112008-02-03

Not the book I thought it would be

I was disappointed with this book. There just aren't enough books out there on Friesians, much less good books!0736858253515152006-02-09

Very sweet childrens book

I was not sure what to expect, but as Friesian lovers know, it is hard to find Friesian anything, so when you find it you grab it! <br /> <br />This is a smaller sized childrens book (think "Little Golden Books"), and has some very basic information on the Friesian Horse and it's history, and uses. <br /> <br />There are beautiful pictures throughout from Gloria Muscarella at Cheval Photography. <br /> <br />It is a quick read for an adult, and nothing an owner doesn't already know, but nonetheless worth owning, or gift giving to any Friesian lover, collector, or enthusiast. <br /> <br />This book appears to be one in a series of breed related "Little Golden Books" on horses. <br />Describes Friesian horses, including their history, physical features, and primary uses. Includes a photo diagram of the horse.07414064541569243875097869170907414156231592287069170063General2786Ages 9-124Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books2834Nonfiction2832Horses2787Animals4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713072011General AAS4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books